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  • crime
  • criminal-defence
  • protest-law

Just Stop Oil Heathrow Protesters Found Guilty Of Plotting Disruption At Airport

Eight Just Stop Oil (JSO) campaigners have been found guilty of trying to bring Heathrow Airport to a standstill on one of the busiest travel days of the year. The…

March 20, 2025
Press Releases
  • legal-advice
  • personal-injury

Hodge Jones & Allen And Bloomsbury Institute Partner To Launch Personal Injury Clinic For Local Community

Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors and Bloomsbury Institute have kick-started an exciting new collaboration that will see the launch of a free Personal Injury Law Clinic aimed at serving the…

March 11, 2025
HJA In The News
  • court
  • crime
  • falsely-accused-of-crime
  • protest-law

Protest Sentencing in the UK: HJA Reacts to Court of Appeal Ruling on Just Stop Oil Cases

In one of the most significant judgements on protest law in recent years , Hodge Jones Allen Solicitors represented 15 of the 16 Appellants in relation to 4 cases where…

March 7, 2025
Press Releases
  • crime
  • falsely-accused-of-crime

Victory In The “N-Word On Trial” As The Crown Drops Charges Against Black Woman – Ife Thompson Instructed For The Defendant

Ife Thompson, of Nexus Chambers was instructed by Ghislaine Sandoval of Hodge Jones and Allen. A recent university student of good character, Jamila A (22 years old), is no longer…

March 7, 2025
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  • legal-help
  • no-win-no-fee
  • personal-injury

HJA Personal Injury Team Partners With LSE’s Legal Advice Clinic

The partnership with LSE Legal Advice Clinic, which launched in February 2025, will aim to improve access to justice by providing free, confidential legal advice to members of the public…

February 20, 2025
Press Releases
  • #Essex
  • medical-negligence

Lampard Inquiry Families To Meet Essex MPs At Parliament

Families involved in the Lampard Inquiry are to meet Essex MPs at the House of Commons on Monday 10 February to discuss concerns and gather support. Melanie Leahy, whose son Matthew died in 2012,…

February 8, 2025
HJA In The News
  • family-law

Family Team Associate Hannah Yellop Speaks To Times Radio On Legal Issues Around Polyamory

Hannah Yellop, an Associate in the Family team at Hodge Jones & Allen, joined Jane Mulkerrins at Times Radio earlier yesterday to discuss the legal issues pertaining to polyamorous relationships.…

February 6, 2025
Press Releases
  • miscarriages-of-justice

Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors Welcomes Referral Of 40 Year Old Unsafe Conviction To Miscarriage Of Justice Panel By Undercover Policing Inquiry

Hodge Jones & Allen welcome the referral of client and animal rights’ campaigner Chris Baillie to the Crown Court for an appeal against his criminal conviction, almost 40 years’ old.…

January 24, 2025
Press Releases
  • personal-injury
  • road-traffic-accident

Hodge Jones & Allen Endorses Brake’s Renewed Legal Panel For Road Victim Support

Hodge Jones & Allen, a long-standing supporter of road safety charity Brake, is delighted to renew its support and funding for the charity’s legal panel as it expands its team…

January 23, 2025
HJA In The News
  • crime
  • general-crime

Crown Court Backlog Debate: Should Right Of Jury Trial By Your Peers Remain?

Senior Associate at Hodge Jones & Allen Francesca Cociani recently joined Petrie Hosken on TalkTV to discuss how the UK government will look to tackle a significant backlog in the…

December 18, 2024
HJA In The News
  • crime
  • criminal-defence

Nigel Farage ‘Milkshaking’ Case Discussed on BBC Five Live

Criminal Defence Solicitor Emily McNally joined Nicky Campbell on the BBC Five Live programme recently to discuss the sentencing of a woman who threw a milkshake over Nigel Farage MP…

December 17, 2024
Press Releases
  • falsely-accused-of-crime
  • miscarriages-of-justice

Post Office Scandal: Sub-Postmasters Deliver Closing Statements as Inquiry Nears Conclusion

Today, the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry will begin hearing closing statements from Core Participants about the evidence heard throughout the Inquiry, which was established in 2020. Hodge Jones &…

December 16, 2024
Press Releases

Jury Finds Neglect And Multiple Serious Failures Contributed To The Death Of IPP Prisoner

Before HM Assistant Coroner Caroline Topping. At Woking Coroner’s Court, Station Approach. 11-29 November 2024. An inquest jury investigating the death of Haydar Jefferies, an IPP prisoner who died a…

December 13, 2024
HJA In The News
  • eviction
  • housing-and-property

Securing Justice for a Victim of Unlawful Eviction

Tess Baker recently represented a client in an unlawful eviction case. The eviction had a significant impact on our client and resulted in her becoming homeless for an extended period…

December 11, 2024
Press Releases
  • asbestos
  • personal-injury

Hodge Jones & Allen Join Forces With Veterans Welfare Group to Bolster Legal Support for Armed Forces Personnel

Veterans Welfare Group announces that Hodge Jones & Allen, a highly respected law firm with over four decades of experience, has joined its directory. This partnership aims to strengthen the…

November 21, 2024
Press Releases
  • medical-negligence
  • mental-health

Autistic Woman Died From Drinking Excessive Water in Mental Health Facility As Carers Failed To Realise It Could Kill Her

The devastated mum of a young autistic woman who died after excessively drinking water says her daughter would still be alive if mental healthcare staff had not neglected her. Catherine…

November 20, 2024
Press Releases
  • family-law

Trio of Family Partner Hires at Hodge Jones & Allen

Hodge Jones & Allen has welcomed three new partners into its growing family law team, taking the total number of partners at the firm to 51. (L-R) Phoebe Hill, Raj…

November 6, 2024
Press Releases
  • falsely-accused-of-crime
  • protest-law

Just Stop Oil Activists Acquitted of Harassment Charges

Today, eight Just Stop Oil activists were acquitted of intentional harassment, by Deputy District Judge Evans at Stratford Magistrates’ Court, following a successful submission that there was no case to…

November 5, 2024
Press Releases
  • medical-negligence

Neglect in a Place of Safety: The Tragic Loss of Shannara ‘Jade’ Donnelly and Her Family’s Fight for Accountability

We were approached by the family of 22 year old Shannara ‘Jade’ Donnelly following her unexpected death whilst she was detained in a Place of Safety at Chase Farm Hospital…

October 31, 2024
Press Releases
  • air-pollution

Mother Praised by Government as She Reaches Settlement over Daughter’s ‘Air Pollution’ Death

The mother of a nine-year-old girl who was the first person to have air pollution recorded as a cause of death on her death certificate has agreed an undisclosed settlement…

October 31, 2024
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